My thoughts on the issue while working hard. A balanced perspective The dissemination of data from the NWMLS to the public will be limited for a variety of reasons. Safety and protection of potentially personal information of each seller is paramount. I am uncertain whether the issue of safety and protection of personal information should…
Tag: NWMLS
If the MLS is an advertisement…
At the risk of beating a dead horse, I’d like to continue Friday’s conversation about the re-listed house on Avondale. Thanks to yet another reply by Ms. Reed as well as a series of replies from Ardell, it has finally gotten through my thick skull that “cancel and relist” is different from “let expire and…
Update: Anecdote: Reloaded
Sarah Reed, the listing agent of the still-unsold $1.275 million-dollar home left a comment on my recent post about her listing. I feel it is only fair to reprint her comment here on the front page so that more people are able to read her defense. So here it is, word for word. Regarding my…
Anecdote: Reloaded
Many of you may remember the million-dollar new construction that I’ve been following since June of last year. Recall that it was originally listed at $1,625,000, has seen four separate price reductions (down to $1,275,000—28% off), and was most recently re-listed with a new brokerage and a shiny new description. About a year ago I…
Inventory Up, Sales Down (Sound Familiar?)
December stats are available from the NWMLS. Here’s a summary of the “residential” figures: Active Listings: up 23% YOYPending Sales: down 9% YOYMedian Closed Price: $440,000, up 12% YOY. I’ll update this post later today with the usual graph and links to the updated spreadsheet and the NWMLS pdfs. Update: Sorry about the delay. Here’s…